 I allowed him all his own merit." He now added, "Sheridan cannot bear me. I bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country,...  The Wits and Beaus of Society - Σελίδα 89των Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1890Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George Mallory - 1912 - 364 σελίδες
...bring his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, What do you mean to teach ? Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais 1 ' the English Channel. Sir, the cause bears no proportion to the effect. It is setting up a candle... | |
 | Oscar George Sonneck - 1919 - 690 σελίδες
...valuable contributions to his MUSICAL QUARTERLY. THE MIRACULOUS APPEAL OF MEDIOCRITY By CARL ENGEL Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to show light at Calais. — DR. JOHNSON. AMONG the many injustices, in which the annals of mankind are so rich, there is perhaps... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve...love, and she be fair ! 20 Ah, happy, happy boughs ! t Next day, Sunday, July 3, I told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...two original diversities may be reduced all those i Next day, Sunday, July 3,1 told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers,... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, mpediments. Love is not love At supper this night he ta]ked_flf_gQod eating with uncommon satisfaction. "Some people (said he) have... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, such as enjoyed themselves without having respect...in secret he thought there was no God. Hut certain Next day, Sunday, July 3, 1 told him I had been that morning at a meeting of the people called Quakers,... | |
 | Robert Lynd - 1928 - 266 σελίδες
...represented as saying: "What influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language of this great country? Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover to show light at Calais!" In Boswell's notes, however, what Johnson said appears as : " He is like a man attempting to stride... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 σελίδες
...his declamation to a point. I ask him a plain question, 'What do you mean to teach?' Besides, Sir, what influence can Mr. Sheridan have upon the language...Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais." [125] Talking of a young man who was uneasy from thinking that he was very deficient... | |
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